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Peter Burke
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Peter Burke is Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs with special responsibility for EU Affairs; and the Department of Defence. He hails from Mullingar and was elected to the Dáil in 2016, having being involved in electoral politics since 2009 when he was first elected to Westmeath County Council.
He is a Chartered Accountant by profession with 10 years' private sector experience. Before being appointed to the Department of Housing in 2020, Peter sat on the Oireachtas Finance and Public Accounts Committees and has been a frequent media commentator on tax and financial issues. He went to school in CBS Mullingar before attending NUIG to study Commerce.
You can contact Mr Burke at peter.burke@oireachtas.ie